Interview with Tanya Winfield – Additive Free Pantry

I’m so excited to bring you this interview with Tanya Winfield. She is the founder of Additive Free Pantry which is an informative site about how to reduce and remove the additives in your cooking. She has done some amazing work spreading her message around and Australia and the world. I highly recommend you read some of her stuff!

Q1. What motivated you start Additive Free Pantry?

This all just sorted of happened. I never wanted to run my own business though I

was always interested in having a real love for what I did for work. I worked in retail

and although I love fashion, I felt there was something more to my life purpose as

such. I was at a friends Enjo party when another great friend suggested I do

“Additive Parties”. This got me thinking and so Additive Free Pantry was born. I

started by visiting mums within their homes while their children played. I supplied

additive free morning tea for the mums and we chatted about what was in the pantry

and why you may want to choose a better option. I also stocked resources that

helped parents understand the additive free world. It was from doing pantry audits

that I created Additive Free Shopping Guide. I would be constantly telling the client

what brands to get and they ended up with a long scrawl of names and businesses

to shop at locally (not very professional).

It was my middle child, Kade that got me looking at what was in food as he was

diagnosed with asthma when he was 2.5 years old. I did not want him on a

preventative or puffa everyday. It all happen over time, small steps and many, many

hours of reading labels and books to be right here where I am today

Q2. What are some tips for parents to reduce the amount of additives in their

childrens’ foods?

Wow, this question I could write a book on so I will try and keep it simple. Numbers

starting with 100’s are colours. Not many are free from known harmful reactions.

They cause hyperactivity, asthma, behavioural issues and rashes as an example.

Numbers starting with 200’s are all preservatives and are not recommended for

asthmatics, and are known to cause headaches, hyperactivity, rashes, migraine,